HAD publications

At HAD, we are keenly engaged in programmesing key issues around international development and humanitarian aid.

Consequently, published programmes can inform the development sector through empirically-based, evidential programmes in the field of Islam and development and also demonstrate the positive value that faith adds to humanitarian and development work.

As we envisage widespread distribution of knowledge, our e-Library is a means to provide global access to many of our publications. These are provided as open source and are free of charge.

Please respect author copyright and refer using citations given with each publication.

HAD E-Library

  • The Importance of Spiritual Capital within Human Development in Islamic Teaching

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    In Islam, the basic goal of development is to create an environment that enables people to enjoy spiritual, moral and socio-economic well-being in this world and success in the Hereafter (falah). Such an environment can only be created in societies[...]

  • Islamic Perspectives on Education

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    According to the 2008 UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report, at the end of 1999 less than one-third of the 800 million children under the age of six benefited from early childhood education. Of the 113 million children without[...]

  • Back from the Brink

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    10 ways the international community must address Somalia’s humanitarian crisis In Korsan camp near Mogadishu’s international airport, there is no getting away from the human cost of the worst food crisis of the 21st century. A large cluster of tiny[...]

  • Islamic Microfinance – Theory, Policy and Practice

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    As well as providing a theoretical framework outlining the tenets upon which Islamic financing is based, this document provides practical advice on how such a programme may be structured; guidelines that can be followed when implementing a microfinance programme; as[...]

  • The UK Programme of Development Assistance to Pakistan

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    Islamic Relief commenced operations in Pakistan in 1992. Since inception in Pakistan, including AJ&K, Islamic Relief has successfully implemented many relief and development projects in the sectors of Water & Sanitation, Health & Nutrition, Education, Income Generation, Islamic Microfinance, Renewable[...]

  • Mali: An Ongoing Crisis

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    Mali: An Ongoing Crisis says that the 18-month-old conflict – which began with attacks by separatist insurgents, followed by a military coup and subsequently intervention by foreign troops – has exacerbated the impact of drought, closed off the main aid[...]

  • The Four Eponyms of Sunni Islamic Jurisprudence

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    The framing of Islamic law in the first four centuries of Islam is of great significance to scholars. During this period, the Islamic diaspora was in the earliest part of its development, establishing its identity and developing the foundations of[...]

  • Feeling The Heat

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    As climate change bites, natural disasters such as floods, drought and tropical storms are becoming more frequent and severe. The people paying the heaviest price are the world’s poorest communities, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. With the global[...]